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Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher by pbhjpbhj on Monday September 09, 2013 @10:40PM (#6357801)
>the takeaway is that high schoolers are dicks. //

Sure. But not exclusively [which I know you weren't claiming].

I had some pretty degrading and misandrist remarks made about me in situations with lots of women in; where I've been the only man (mothers, women of an age to marry and more mature women too).

I think these things are a lot about group dynamics.

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Re:To my daughter's high school programming teacher by flog on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @06:39AM (#6359208)
> I think these things are a lot about group dynamics.

I think that's right, particularly male group dynamics.

I'd say all guys are bullied, except most of us wouldn't call it such - it's the establishment of hierarchy, and bonding.

Is that right? Is that right when they don't differentiate their bullying towards girls? I'm not even going to wade into that. However, I feel (through personal experience) masculinity is being more and more removed from young men, and at a high cost.

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